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Kaibutsu SM & DM Question

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Ferris Long:
i got my kaibu rod butt cropped by ~1 inch. anyone wants it can meet me and pick it up in sgp.
btw, the blank broke in one of my trips, so its lying around collecting dust and space.

Sachin Chaudhry:
Used a DM for 3 years. Get used to heavy drag and pulling real hard because if the fight goes on for long you are in for some serious hurt. That being said I landed a ton of decent fish on it the largest being 40kg. Rod casts very well but I think 3 or 4 inches lopped off the bottom would help immeasurably in terms of user friendliness. I was not game enough to try shortening it.
Use a Kaibutsu long cast now and it is a much better all round fish fighting weapon which a mate used to subdue a 45kg GT last year. Great rod.
My other rods are a Tokara, a Komodo and a WV80 so it has some pretty decent benchmarks.

Mark Harris:

--- Quote from: Kurt Carlson on April 29, 2011, 03:42:51 PM ---That all is good to hear.  I had a feeling they were good rods.  Someone on another forum said they were designed for low slung gimbals.  But In my case, that gimbal would be at my knees.  Thanks all for the comments.

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I heard that daft excuse about a low slung gimbal direct from a Shimano employee.  I am sure that is rubbish but they had to think of something to justify what is inherently very poor design.

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Mark Harris on May 02, 2011, 04:19:51 PM ---
--- Quote from: Kurt Carlson on April 29, 2011, 03:42:51 PM ---That all is good to hear.  I had a feeling they were good rods.  Someone on another forum said they were designed for low slung gimbals.  But In my case, that gimbal would be at my knees.  Thanks all for the comments.

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I heard that daft excuse about a low slung gimbal direct from a Shimano employee.  I am sure that is rubbish but they had to think of something to justify what is inherently very poor design.

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Kaibutsu rods were designed by experds in GT fishing from Singapore but the decision on handle was done based on casting from a solid platform instead of a rocking boat , the anatomy aspects of human limbs were completely escaped their mind . The distance from the center of the reel seat to the bottom part of the handle should equate one's shoulder width , perhaps they were so immersed with " kaibutsu " name which in Japanese means monster that they took the Hulk's shoulder width as their reference .

Jon .

Jon .

Ben Rivers:
Got the butt back after having it shortened by 1.5 inches - feels good, can't wait to give it a test run!

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